Identifier: historyofuniteds03banc (find matches)
Title: A history of the United States, from the discovery of the American continent ..
Year: 1834 (1830s)
Authors: Bancroft, George, 1800-1891
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Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown and Co.
Contributing Library: University of Pittsburgh Library System
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Pittsburgh Library System

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itefield, who believed thatGods providence would certainly make slavery termi-nate for the advantage of the Africans, pleaded beforethe trustees in its favor, as essential to the prosperity sperger, of Gcorgla; even the poorest people earnestly desiredthe change. The Moravians still expressed regret, sperger, movcd partly by a hatred of oppression, and partly byCoil- antipathy to the race of colored men. At last, they too pare i \ani- began to think that negro slaves might be employed inAcker- a Christian spirit; and it was agreed that, if the ne- werke, Goues, groes are treated in a Christian manner, their change1751. of country would prove to them a benefit. A messagefrom Germany served to hush their scruples. If youtake slaves in faith, and with the intent of conductingthem to Christ, the action will not be a sin, but mayprove a benediction. After the departure of Oglethorpe, the southerncolonies enjoyed repose ; for the war for colonialcommerce had become merged in a vast European
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VonRaii-iiieisFrifd-ricli II. J<LEURY OPPOSES A WAR WITH AUSTRIA. 449 Struggle, involving the principles and tlie designs cuw.which had agitated the civilized world for centuries. ^-—In France, Fleury, like Walpole, desiring to adhere to ^J^^-the policy of peace, was, like Walpole, overruled by \lthe selfishness of his rivals. He looked anxiously uponthe commotions in Europe, and saw no way of escape.It appeared to him as if the end of the world was at ^^^<^)?hand; and it was so with regard to the world of feu-dalism and Catholic legitimacy. He expressed hisaversion to all wars; and when the king of Spain— Ra^me.,whom natural melancholy, irritated by ill health andlosses, prompted to abdicate the throne—obtained ofLouis XV., under his own hand, a promise of fiftyships of the line, the prime minister explained his pur-poses:—I do not propose to begin a war with Eng-land, or to seize or to annoy one British ship, or totake one foot of land possessed by England in any parto

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